Cocktail
Theatrical Release Date: 07/29/1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Lisa Banes
Plot: Brian Flanagan (Cruise), a good looking, hardworking young man takes up bartending when he realizes he can't make it in the business world without a college degree. Brian teams up with veteran bartender Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) and they quickly become the most popular bartenders in the city.
Trying to raise money to open their own place, they spend the summer bartending in Jamaica where Cruise meets and falls in love with Jordan (Shue). But he quickly messes it up by cheating on her in order to win a bet.
Family Viewing
Theatrical Release Date: 07/29/1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Atom Egoyan
Actors: David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian, Selma Keklikian, Jeanne Sabourin
Monkey Shines
Theatrical Release Date: 07/29/1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Joyce Van Patten
Plot: A quadriplegic man is given a genetically enhanced monkey to help him in
his daily life but when the emotional bond between the two becomes akin to
a psychic connection, the monkey acts on his subconscious rage.
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Theatrical Release Date: 07/29/1988
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Dick Van Patten, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan
Zombie 3 ( Zombi 3 )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/29/1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Ulli Reinthaler, Marina Loi
Plot: The theft of a biological weapon from a tropical military base leads to the transformation of many of the island's inhabitants into flesh eating zombies.
R.O.T.O.R.
Theatrical Release Date: 07/28/1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cullen Blaine
Actors: Margaret Trigg, Richard Gesswein, Jayne Smith, James Cole, Stan Moore, Nanette Kuczek
Plot: A prototype robot intended for crime combat escapes from the development lab and goes on a killing rampage.
Guinea Pig 5: Mermaid in the Manhole ( Ginî piggu: Manhôru no naka no ningyo )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/25/1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideshi Hino
Actors: Shigeru Saiki, Mari Somei, Masami Hisamoto, Gô Rijû, Tsuyoshi Toshishige
Plot: An artist finds and rescues a Mermaid in the sewer. Soon after bringing
her home, however, she begins to develop oozing sores and wounds. The
artist uses these for inspiration, painting with her secretions before
finally ending things his way.
